Web roll truck



0d. 10, 1933. J BENTLEY ET AL 1,930,078

WEB ROLL TRUCK Filed June 1, 1931 INVENTOR5 JOHN BEA/nay l8. ,4 6/555l/z.

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Patented Oct. 10, 1933 UNITED STATES WEB ROLL TRUCK John G. Bentley andRobert A. Gibbs, Jr.,

Greensboro, N. C.

Application June 1, 1931. Serial No. 541,426

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a truck for transporting articles, and moreespecially to a truck for transporting a beam of cloth or any other webmaterial from one place to another in a manu- 5 facturing establishmentand especially in a textile mill where the beams of warp or cloth aredesired to be transported from one place to another.

An object of this invention is to provide a wheeled truck which can beemployed for transporting purposes and when not in use is adapted torest on three of the four wheels, and while being used fortransportation purposes, two or three wheels can be used as desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a truck for transportingfilled warp beams in textile mills so as to not disturb the layers ofthread on the beam.

Some of the objects of the invention having 20 been stated other objectswill appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of thebeam truck;

Figure 2 is an end view of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numerals l0 and 11indicate the cross framework of the device and the member 11 has securedat each end thereof the downwardly projecting members 12 and 13 in whichsuitable spindles 14 and 15 are secured and on which spindles, wheels 16and 17 are rotatably mounted. The member 10 has at each end thereof thedownwardly projecting members 18 and 19 in which spindles 20 are mountedand on each of which is rotatably 5 mounted a wheel 21 at each endthereof.

Projecting upwardly from the end portions of member 10 are the uprights22 and 23 which have on their upper ends the resilient arcuate members 2and 25 which have the curled portions .1 26 and 2'? to which is secureda web member 28 for supporting the web or roll of cloth or othermaterial 29. Secured to members 24 and 25 and also to member 11 are theflattened V-shaped members 30 and 31 for bracing the members 24 and 25,and also spanning the distance between members 22 and 23, and securedthereto is a rod 33. Web members 28 are secured to the curled portions26 and 27 by means of rivets or any other suitable means indicated byreference 30 character 34.

It is seen that a rigid structure is provided in which the flexiblestrips of material 28 are adapted to support the warp beam or other websupply and in the drawing the position of the Web 35 beam and the webmembers 28 for supporting the beam are shown in idle position, it beingevident that the weight of the web roll 29 will pull portions 26 and 27toward each other and allow the flexible web strips 28 to sinkdownwardly and thus suitably support the beam of warp or other source ofweb supply 29.

It is seen that by this arrangement a beam of Warp threads can becarried from one place to another without rubbing or disturbing the warpthreads on the beam due to the peculiar means employed for supportingthe beam in the cradles 24 and 25.

In the drawing and specification there has been set forth a preferredembodiment of the inven- 39 tion and although specific terms areemployed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and notfor purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forthin the appended claim.

In a truck, a longitudinally disposed member, a transversely disposedmember secured centrally to the central portion of the longitudinallydisposed member, means for rotatably mounting a wheel at each end ofboth of said members, an upright projecting from each end of thelongitudinally disposed member and having transversely disposed cradlessecured to the upper end thereof, each of said cradles having a flexiblestrip of material shorter than said cradle and secured at its endstherein for supporting a web roll and the like.

JOHN G. BENTLEY. ROBERT A. GIBBS, JR.

